Winston Weinmann wrote:
>Thank you for your work around. I will admit, however, that I do not
>fully follow the method for changes using Text Wrangler. What do these mean:
>>Search For: [x] Use Grep
>
>>[x] Muti-File Search
>(maybe this would be clear if I had a copy of Text Wrangler)?
This workaround requires performing a batch find & replace operation on
multiple files (as you may have tens or hundreds mail folders), using a
regular expression (aka grep). TextWrangler can do this and is free.
>Second, does Mail /export/ Read/Unread status?
AFAIK, Mail does not export its database.
>You say Mail ignores Read/Unread status when importing - is this why
>PowerMail does not appear to export Read/Unread status for Mail? What
>about the other formats? (Eudora, Unix, Tab Text, etc.) Why doesn't
>PowerMail export Read/Unread status for these?
As I said, the "Status" header is not a standard one, and is probably
used for the status on the server. There is no standard I know for the
local status in a mailbox file.
Jérôme - CTM Engineering
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